Group: Spermatophytina (Spermatophytes)
Family: Papaveraceae (Poppy family)
Genus: Papaver (Poppy)
Papaver rhoeas L. - Common Poppy
Papaver dubium L. - Long-Headed Poppy
Papaver lecoqii Lamotte - Yellow-Juiced Poppy
Papaver hybridum L. - Rough Poppy
Papaver argemone L. - Prickly Poppy
Papaver somniferum L. - Opium Poppy
Papaver setigerum DC. - Opium Poppy
Papaver alpinum agg. - Dwarf Poppy
25–80 cm tall, annual, with latex, latex whitish to beige when fresh and dark-yellow to black when dried (subsp. dubium) or whitish to colourless when fresh and light-yellow to reddish when dried (subsp. confine). inflorescence: flowers mostly solitary in the axils o...
The colours represent the floristic status of the species in the respective region. Green indicates native occurrences, light green naturalized occurrences. Adventive occurrences are represented by light yellow shades and plants that are cultivated (but rarely occur in the wild) are dark yellow. Grey colours are used, if the floristic status of species is unknown or uncertain.
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The color intensity reflects the species' abundance
Data: Floristische Kartierung Deutschlands (Stand 2013), Bundesamt für Naturschutz (www.floraweb.de)
extensively used or natural grassland, dwarf shrub heaths, ruderal vegetation, fields, vineyards